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THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL HISTORY GROUP

TWENTY SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

10-12 September 2015

The Group

The British International History Group is organised under the auspices of

the British International Studies Association (BISA). The Association acts as

a professional body for teachers, researchers and practitioners interested

in the area of International Studies, including International History. The

Annual Conference of the British International History Group brings

together International Historians from a variety of backgrounds and offers

them the opportunity to exchange views.

The Conference

The main work of the conference takes place in

panels on Thursday afternoon, Friday and

Saturday morning. There will also be a keynote

lecture on Friday evening, a round table on

Thursday and a plenary session on Friday

afternoon. The Annual General Meeting will be

held during the conference. The conference dinner

will be held at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge.

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Thursday 10 September – Round Table: 14.00-15.30

Teaching International History

Chair: Patrick Finney, Aberystwyth University

Antony Best, London School of Economics; Gaynor Johnson, University of Kent; Spencer

Mawby, University of Nottingham and Helen Parr, Keele University.

First Panel Session – Thursday 10 September - 16.00-17.30

Panel A

David Varey, Royal Military College of Canada, ‘Margaret Corby Ashton and the British

Delegation at the World Disarmament Conference, 1932-1934’.

Peter Neville, Independent Researcher, ‘An English Woman Abroad: Shiela Grant Duff in

the Czech Crisis of 1938’.

Jessica Shahan, Aberystwyth University, ‘Women’s Revolts, Mumsnet and the

Intelligence and Security Committee: Creating a Women’s History of Women’s

Employment in MI5’.

Panel B

Alastair Noble, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, ‘Ernest Bevin and the Berlin Airlift,

1948-1949’.

Rogelia Pastor-Castro, University of Strathclyde, ‘Britain, France and European Security

1951-1954’.

Alex Ferguson, University of Southampton, ‘The U.S. Embassy to Saigon and Press

Problems in Indochina, 1953-1954’.

Panel C

Camilla MacDonald, University of Oxford, ‘The Shape of Things to Come: Global Order

and Global Democracy in 1940s International Thought’.

Fausto Scarinzi, University of Reading, ‘A new History of Britain’s Decolonisation

conflicts and its implications for Political Science’.

Martin Farr, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, ‘International interpretations of

Thatcherism, 1981-1990’.

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Second Panel Session – Thursday 10 September – 18.00-19.30

Panel A

Richard Smith, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, ‘Sir Edward Grey and the First World

War’.

David Kaufman, University of Edinburgh, ‘The question can receive no answer: The

position of Ukraine in British Policy, 1917-1920’.

Ben Markham, University of Essex, ‘The Imperial War Cabinet and Australian and South

African territorial ambitions in the wake of the First World War’.

Panel B

Charlie Hall, University of Kent, ‘A policy of plunder: British exploitation of German

Science and Technology after World War II’.

Stuart Butler, University of Manchester, ‘Imperial delusions or pragmatic contingencies?

The role of the US Atomic Energy Act (1946) in the direction of Scientific Diplomacy,

1958-1968’.

Andrew Holt, The National Archives, ‘British policy-making and nuclear weapons

sharing in the 1960s’.

Panel C

Marika Sherwood, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, ‘The West African National

Secretariat and the failure of the Lagos Conference to materialise, 1948’.

Poppy Cullen, University of Durham, ‘The role of the Kenyan Asians as a ‘special

problem’ in the Anglo-Kenyan relationship, 1967-1974’.

Charles Ariye, Isaac-Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama Nigeria, ‘Fighting

dictatorship in Nigeria: An American Ambassador [Walter Carrington] and the (De)

Limits of Diplomatic relations, 1993-1997’.

Third Panel Session - Friday 11 September – 09.00-10.30

Panel A

Antony Best, London School of Economics, ‘Admiration and Deprecation: Art

Romanticism and British perceptions of Japan, 1863-1910’.

Yu Suzuki, London School of Economics, ‘Relationship with Distance? Anglo-Japanese

relations, 1880-1894’.

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Andrew Cobbing, University of Nottingham, ‘The Arrival of the Japanese Resident

Diplomat in Europe’.

Panel B

David Hall, University of East Anglia, ‘At odds with itself: British policy towards France,

1941-1943’.

Marco Atterano, University of Naples, ‘Mediterranean diatribes: The Anglo-American

controversy over the administration of Occupied Italy, 1943’.

Philip Boobbyer, University of Kent, ‘Lord Rennell and AMGOT: Fascism, the Mafia and

Indirect Rule in Sicily in 1943’.

Panel C

Bruno Reis, ICS University Lisbon, ‘Ganging up against Anti-Colonialism: Colonial

Powers Talks and the International History of Decolonisation’.

David Schriffl, Austrian Academy of Sciences, ‘Secret Friends? Austrian-Portuguese

relations after World War II’.

George Roberts, University of Warwick, ‘Dangerous Liaisons: Portuguese decolonisation

and British relations with the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)’.

Fourth Panel Session – Friday 11 September - 11.00-12.30

Panel A

Guest Chair: Kun-Shuan Chiu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Teng Chi Chang, National Taiwan University, ‘The Mongolian Banner System in Qing

Dynasty: An Innovation of the International Political System under China’s “under

Heaven Concept”’.

Hung-jen Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ‘Independence in China’s All-

Under-Heaven World: Revisiting the Four Cases of Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Xinjiang and

Tibet’.

Chung-Chiu Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, ‘Recusing Harmony from the

Disharmonious Relationship: The Anthropology of International Relations in Vietnam’s

View of China’.

Shih-yueh Yang, Nanhua University, Taiwan, ‘Exploring the Foundation of the East Asian

International Order: The “Oneness” of China and China’s Unification’.

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Panel B

Guest Chair: James Dunkerley, Queen Mary College University of London

Tony McCulloch, University College London, ‘Roca-Runciman revisited: Anglo-American

relations and Argentina, 1933-1939’.

Thomas Mills, University of Lancaster, ‘The outer limits of the ‘Special relationship’:

Anglo-US relations in Latin America during World war II’.

Mark Seddon, University of Sheffield, ‘Anglo-US relations and Venezuelan Oil, 1939-

1945’.

Andres Sanchez-Padilla, Independent Researcher, ‘The Columbian Expositions (1883-

1893): Foundations of twentieth century US public diplomacy’.

Panel C

Federico Pachetti, University of Hong Kong, ‘Beyond the Cold War: US-China relations

during the first Reagan Presidency, 1981-1985’.

Edoardo Andreoni, University of Cambridge, ‘The Western European Allies and Ronald

Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative, 1983-1984’.

Robert Pee, City University London, ‘The Third Force Doctrine: The US and democracy

promotion in authoritarian allied states, 1981-1990’.

Panel D

Laure Humbert, University of Exeter, ‘French politics of national sovereignty and the

International Bureaucracy of Relief, 1943-1945’.

Laurine Groux-Moreau, University of Bristol, ‘A transnational comparison of the Deaf

Resurgence since the 1960s’.

Mark Hurst, University of Kent, ‘The transnational activism of British human rights

organisations, 1965-1985’.

Fifth Panel Session – Friday 11 September – 13.30-15.00

Panel A

Thomas Munch Petersen, Independent Researcher, ‘Denmark and Sweden and the

Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815

Thomas Goldsmith, University of East Anglia, ‘The Duke of Wellington and the

International System, 1814-1835’.

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Matthew Rendall, University of Nottingham, ‘Democracy, Demonisation and the Crimean

War’.

Panel B

Tina Tamman, Independent Researcher, ‘Paul Oras: Soviet Attaché caught up in the

1935 United States-Soviet Union Rift’.

Baris Gulmez, University of Warwick, ‘The paradox of Turkish foreign policy in the

1930s: Revisionism and Irredentism through multilateral diplomacy’.

Andras Becker, University of Southampton, ‘A wretched but necessary business: the

dynamics of British perceptions and official viewpoints towards the territorial minority

disputes of Central and South Eastern Europe, 1938-1947’.

Panel C

Maria Rizou, King’s College London, ‘The Bank of England, the Bank of Greece and the

Refugee Loan Crisis: The external loan of 1924’.

Martin Williamson, University of Exeter, ‘The forgotten international monetary

negotiations: the C20, 1972-1974’.

Dimitris Bourantonis, Athens University of Economics and Business, ‘The interplay

between collective and special responsibility and its impact on the evolution of the UN

institutional building’.

Panel D

Matthew Powell, University of Birmingham, ‘Tactical Air Power Development in Britain

during World War II’.

Michelle Jones, Aberystwyth University, ‘Children on the Battlefield: A Modern

Phenomenon’.

Helen Parr, Keele University, ‘Memory of the Falklands War’.

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Plenary Session – Friday 11 September – 15.30-17.00

Diplomatic Practice in the Twentieth Century

Guest Chair: Kai Bruns, American University in the Emirates

John Young, University of Nottingham, ‘The United Kingdom and the Negotiation of the

1969 New York Convention on Special Missions’

Lorna Lloyd, Keele University, ‘The Commonwealth and the negotiation of the 1961

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations’

Ben Muda, Universiti Utara Malaysia, ‘Changing perspectives on practising and

researching diplomatic studies in time and space’

Kai Bruns, American University in the Emirates, ‘A Hazardous Task: Britain and the

negotiation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations’

Keynote Lecture – Friday 11 September – 19.00-20.00

Dr James Ellison, Queen Mary University of London,

‘Failed Intelligence? The Origins of the Iraq War’.

Sixth Panel Session - Saturday 12 September - 9.00-10.30

Panel A

Guest Chair: Gaynor Johnson, University of Kent

Simon Rofe, School of Oriental and African Studies, ‘Sport Diplomacy in Anglo-American

relations with South America in the inter-war years’.

Rory Miller, University of Liverpool, ‘Rebuilding British business links with South

America in the Age of US hegemony, 1945-1965’.

Olivia Saunders, University of South Wales, ‘Britain, the United States and the Bolivian

National Revolution, 1952’.

Panel B

David Whittington, University of the West of England, Bristol, ‘The Politics of the Bengal

Famine, 1942-1944’.

Hsin Chih Chen, National Cheng Kung University Taiwan, ‘Weak power with firm

resolve: China’s silent territorial extension over the Spratley Islands before 1950’.

Sanchi Rai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, ‘The influence of British India foreign policy on

Indian foreign policy: mapping continuities and changes post Indian Independence’.

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Panel C

Tom Colley, King’s College London, ‘Strategic narratives from the ground up?

Investigating British public understanding of war’.

Daniel Steed, University of Exeter, ‘British assumptions and the development of

strategy: Comparing the 1956 Suez Crisis and the 2003 Iraq War’.

Karolien Michiels, Aberystwyth University, ‘The Ministry of Defence and the

Department for International Development and their planning assumptions prior to the

invasion of Iraq’.

Panel D

Luke Gibbon, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, ‘John Morley, Britain and the Anglo-

Chinese opium agreement of 1907’.

Neil Fleming, University of Worcester, ‘Gentlemen Amateurs? The Conservative Party

1922 Committee and Foreign Affairs, 1923-1939’.

Miklos Lojko, ELTE – Budapest, ‘Dictatorships and Crises in Four Corners of the World:

Britain and the retreat from free trade, 1919-1941’

Seventh Panel Session - Saturday 12 September - 11.00-12.30

Panel A

Philippa Haughton, University of Durham, ‘Internationalism, Professionalism and

British advertising, 1923-1939’.

Tommaso Milani, London School of Economics, ‘In a world they never made:

Supranationalism and Economic Planning within the British Left, 1938-1945’.

Keith McLoughlin, University College Dublin, ‘The British Left and the Political Economy

of Defence, 1970-1979’.

Panel B

Seung-young Kim, University of Sheffield, ‘Neutrality and Buffer Zone as alternatives to

escalation: The US and British suggestions during the early stages of the Korean War’.

Robert Barnes, York St John University, ‘Britain’s other Special Relationship: Anglo-

Ceylonese relations and the early Cold War, 1948-1956’.

Jonathan Colman, University of Central Lancashire, ‘John F. Kennedy and the Soviet

Union, 1963’.

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Panel C

Norasmahani Hussain, University of Leeds, ‘The Cyprus Dispute and Great Britain’s

decision to leave Turkey and Greece outside NATO, 1948-1950’.

Effie Pedaliu, London School of Economics, ‘The Greek Dictatorship as an agent of

regional instability’.

Evanthis Hatzivassilou, University of Athens, ‘The Disease should cease to be Endemic

and revert to Sporadic; The crisis of NATO political consultation from DEFCON3 to the

Atlantic Declaration, 1973-1974’.

Timetable

Thursday, 10 September

13.00 onwards Registration Grimond Building foyer 14.00-15.30 Round Table 15.30-16.00 Coffee 16.00-17.30 First Panel Session 17.30-18.00 Coffee 18.00-19.30 Second Panel Session 19.30 Wine Reception 20.00 Dinner Rutherford College Main dining hall Friday, 11 September

09.00-10.30 Third Panel Session 10.30-11.00 Coffee 11.00-12.30 Fourth Panel Session 12.30-13.30 Lunch 13.30-15.00 Fifth Panel Session 15.00-15.30 Coffee 15.30-17.00 Plenary Session 17.00-18.00 BIHG Annual General Meeting with

Coffee

18.30-19.30 Keynote Lecture Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 20.00 Wine Reception 20.30 Conference Dinner Canterbury Cathedral Lodge Saturday, 12 September

09.00-10.30 Sixth Panel Session 10.30-11.00 Coffee 11.00-12.30 Seventh Panel Session 12.30 Lunch

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General Information

Accommodation and Sessions

The conference will be held on the Canterbury campus of the University of Kent, which

occupies a site north of the city, accessible from the A290 Canterbury to Whitstable

road. Sessions will be held entirely within the Grimond Building. Accommodation on

campus will be in Keynes College. A total of 80 en suite bedrooms have been reserved

for the conference. These will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Conference Fees and Charges

Fees and charges will be: Conference Fee (£50) which is payable by all delegates except

for postgraduate students presenting papers; Full Conference Meal Package or

individual meal requirements.

Click here for online registration

Please note the Early Bird rate is only available until 17 July 2015.

Standard registration is between 18 July and 21 August 2015.

Registration on arrival

Registration will take place in the foyer of the Grimond Building from 1pm to 6pm.

Delegates will receive full documentation for the conference on registration.

Car Parking

Free parking permits will be available to all delegates. Please select this option when

you register online. There are a number of large public car parks on the campus, these

are clearly signposted on the campus. Please note, however, that traffic in Canterbury

can be very heavy at all times of the day, with the main roads are temporarily blocked at

regular intervals by the level crossing system that runs through the centre of the city.

Maps

University of Kent directions

Grimond Building

University of Kent campus, Keynes College

Travelling by Air

There are two local airports:

Heathrow: http://www.heathrowairport.com

Gatwick: http://www.gatwickairport.com

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Railway Stations

Canterbury is served by two main-line railways stations:

Canterbury West: This is closest to the University of Kent (approx. three-quarters of a

mile) and has High Speed (HS1) links to London St Pancras International station

(journey time approx. 1 hour). The Margate trains go directly to Canterbury West, as do

some of the Ramsgate services (late evening). This service has its own high level (first

floor) departure area at St Pancras, reachable by the usual combination of

stairs/escalators and lifts as appropriate. Most trains depart from either platform 12 or

13.

Canterbury East: Has no High Speed service, but is served by a line to London Victoria

(journey time approx. 90 minutes). The station is approx. 1.5 miles from the University

of Kent. Trains go to Ramsgate and Dover Priory. Please note, most trains on this line

divide at Faversham. If that is the case, you must be in the Dover Priory portion of the

train for Canterbury East. It is also possible to travel on another branch of the High

Speed (HS1) line to Faversham from London St Pancras International and then to

transfer to the local stopping service to Canterbury East. There are no escalators or lifts

at this station, travelling back up to London will involve descending and ascending a

flight of steps.

The two stations are approximately half a mile apart. There are taxi ranks outside both

stations, although they tend to be much more numerous outside Canterbury West.

Train times and ticket prices: http://www.thetrainline.com/

Car

From London, the North and East Anglia (via M25 clockwise): Leave M25 at junction 2

sign posted A2 Canterbury, continue on A2/M2, leave M2 at junction 7 signposted A2

Canterbury. Follow signs to Canterbury.

From the West and South-West (via M25 anticlockwise): At M25 junction 5 continue

ahead on M26(M20) signposted Maidstone, leave M20 at junction 7 signposted A249

Canterbury, join M2 at junction 5 for Canterbury, leave M2 at junction 7 signposted A2

Canterbury. Follow signs to Canterbury.

From the South-East: Maidstone and Tonbridge: M20, A249, M2, A2 Ashford: A28

Folkestone: M20, A28 Dover: A2.

From Canterbury to the campus:

Via A2 eastbound/London: Rheims Way, London Road, Whitstable Road, University

Road

Via A2 westbound/A28: Wincheap, Rheims Way, London Road, Whitstable Road,

University Road

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Satellite navigation: the postcode for University Road is CT2 7NP. Then follow signs for

visitor parking.

Useful numbers:

Taxis: Canterbury Cab line: 01227 666666; Longley’s: 01227 710777; Northgate: 01227

860460

Canterbury area

Hotel and Bed and Breakfast accommodation.